Board Members
 

Chair - Stephen Harrison

Stephen has been involved in the NHS for eight years first as a non-executive director and chair of audit for the Bath and West Community NHS Trust and latterly non-executive director and chairman of Mendip Primary Care Trust. Stephen's career was with Clarks shoes and he has extensive experience of management and organisation change.


Chief Executive of Bristol, North Somerset, & South Gloucestershire Cluster - Deborah Evans

Deborah Evans was previously Chief Executive of Bristol South and West PCT. She has been a health service manager for almost 30 years, working in South Wales, Hampshire, London and the South West in a variety of hospital management and commissioning roles.

Debroah is responsible for specialised services commissioning across the South West and leads a health improvement collaborative which spans the eight core cities in the region.


PEC Chair - Dr Mary Backhouse

Mary has worked as a GP in Nailsea since 1990. Prior to that she was a GP in North-East London. She has also been a member of the Woodspring Practice Based Commissioning Board since April 2007


Interim Director of Finance - Robert Knibbs
 


Locality Director - Jeanette George

Previously Deputy Director of Service Development and Head of Service Redesign at Bristol PCT, Jeanette has also been the emergency care lead in Bath and North East Somerset NHS and has experience in managing service redesign programmes in acute trusts, mental health and community services.


Director of Public Health & Health Inequalities - Becky Pollard

Becky is experienced in working in public health across the south west region over the past nine years and previously as a health improvement specialist and manager.


Non Executive Director - Kathy Headdon

Kathy has a background in capital project management and formerly worked for the South West Regional Health Authority. A former lay member of the Woodspring Primary Care Group she has been a Non Executive Director for six years.


Non Executive Director - Philip Morgan

Philip has a wealth of experience in social care particularly with mental health issues. He is currently the voluntary sector co-ordinator for The Care Forum in Bristol and also runs a training business delivering courses on a range of health related issues.


Non Executive Director - Graham Nix

Graham joined the NHS in 1974 and trained as a chartered management accountant and has worked for a number of health organisations across the South West. He has held a number of roles with United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust including interim chief executive and finance director. He was also the project director for the new children's hospital in Bristol.


Non Executive Director - Dr Paul Phillips - OBE

Paul is the Principal and Chief Executive of Weston College. His many public roles include Chairman of the South Ward Regeneration Board (Weston-super-Mare); Chairman of the Learning and Skills/Children and Young People sub-group for the North Somerset Local Authority Agreement; an academic advisory to the Home Office and a Board Member of the Learning and Skills Council in the West of England. He also has key experience of business recovery.


Non Executive Director - James White

James is the Founder and Managing Director of Customers Really Matter and is the driving force behind the company's growth within CRM, Email Marketing and Software as a Service (SaaS) sector. James has also provided consultancy to a range of large organisations within the UK, notably the Department of Health, Strategic Health Authorities, Department of Trade and Industry and Department of Sport and Culture. James is a full member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and has a Bsc Honours Degree in Business Information Management Systems.